When you don't have the last part to finish a project, what do you do? YOU MAKE IT! I just got this nitro RC truck, and although it was a very good runner, the centrifugal clutch made a little noise and wasn't disengaging quite as well as it should. I pulled it apart thinking that it was a bearing problem, and I found that the wrap spring around the shoes was too big to hold them. I thought that I had a new set of shoes with a new spring of proper size, but the half hour search through the parts bins ended up being unsuccessful. I decided to try to cut the spring down and try to use it anyway. The spring wraps around the clutch shoes and has a hook at one end with a loop at the other. The hook end was the only choice possible for repair, so I snipped it with my wire cutters. The first attempt left it still a bit long, so I had at it again. It felt good the second time around, so I put them in and buttoned things up. It works! It barely creeps forward on idle as it should, and it had plenty of power to get the rear end sliding. a good punch of the throttle will lift the front wheels! It isn't a Mercedes, but sure is a lot of fun to drive!
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090408/608aee25/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
